New movies planned for Steve Carell and a celebration of Australia
After poring through the past week鈥檚 press releases and news feeds, two items caught our collective eye, announcements that will lead to new films some time in 2013 or 2014. Or not.
Carell-a-vision
First, in what feels like a monthly activity, Steve Carell has joined another film project, one that was almost lost in production purgatory. It鈥檚 currently referred to as Untitled FBI Wedding Comedy, a concept that was wandering around aimlessly at Warner Bros. (also known as 鈥渋n turnaround鈥�) until Universal swooped in, acquired it and put Carell in the star / producer role.
Why? Is Universal shooting for some combination of the spy smarts of Get Smart and the stumbling espionage of Date Night? Hmm. Why is comic actor Steve Carell that much better than the comedy films in which he stars? (Yeah, I鈥檓 thinking about right about now.)
As of this writing, Carell has four films on the way (one drama, one comedy, two mixed), so we鈥檙e guessing this latest one will hit in 2013, possibly early 2014 depending on New Line鈥檚 2013 plans for the Carell magician comedy Burt Wonderstone.
Aussies Love Them Some Love, Too
Following the concept and format of Paris, Je T鈥橝ime (2006) and New York, I Love You (2009, shown left), Australian producers John Polson and Gary Hamilton (The Bank Job) have announced their plans for Sydney, I Love You, with production scheduled to begin in early 2012. According to the pair鈥檚 press release, the film will be a 鈥渓ove letter from Australia鈥檚 top film talent to one of the greatest cities in the world.鈥�
As with its French and American predecessors, the movie will be composed of twelve separate 8-10 minute short films, all taking place in Sydney, each set in a different month. That鈥檚 a whole bunch of Australian film production folks getting a paycheck. Talent isn鈥檛 set at this time, but the team is promising a full range of Australian talent, from 鈥渓iving legends鈥� (call Peter Weir) to 鈥渦p-and-comers,鈥� probably from the Tropfest short film festival.
We鈥檒l try to keep you all updated on notable casting. Maybe we could compare the casts of the three compilation films. Unless we simply forget or just get remarkably overwhelmed by the idea.
Norm Schrager blogs at .
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